c >> rwanda has been remembering the most brutal period in its history. thousands two part in a ceremony to remember the 800,000 victims of the general know saodocidegenocide. rwanda's president was direct over who he blamed for the blood shed. we have this report. >> a simple and poignant gesture the ranwandan president and wife and moonlit a flame commemorating more than 800,000

rwandans who perished 250 decades ago tinged with regret and remorse. >> we could have done much more. we should have done much more. rwanda were ignored when they were most needed. the shame still clings. >> the stadium was filled with fortune heads of state who watched as john know -- genocide survivors spoke of it. >> the passage of taoeuplime should not obscure the fact, lessen the responsibility, or turn victims into villains.

people cannot be bribed or forced into changing their history history, and no country is powerful enough even when they think they are, to change the past. >> a stinging reproach which was read by many as a direct swipe at france. the french ambassador to rawanda was notable by his absence, the invitation revoked heighting tensions against paris for its alleged complicity for the genocide accusing french soldiers of murdering rwandan civilians. a diplomatic row. >> the french prime minister at

the time of the genocide is among those who hit back. he saeudid accuseing france is a self-serving lie on his part and french military leaders have protest protested pointing out there were no french troops in rwanda at the time. as it remembers the victims the hunt for the person traitors of the massacres continues. we have this report on the fight to bring the ring leaders to justice. >> 20 years ago in one of the worst general knowocides much the certify some 800,000 rwandasness were massacres. the fight continues to bring them to justice. in the rwandan capital a child accused of whipping up a storm of violence back in 1992 he called on his party members to

exterminate what he called the cockroaches. >> even if they are taking place 20 years later, these trials demonstrate that anybody who participates in a crime will face justice. >> the rwandan john genocide brought about the challenge to bring them to justice and the tribunal was set up. over two decades they have only had 50 cases following allegations of corruption. the vast majority of suspects have been tried in traditional village courts through which almost two million cases were processed over a decade. 65% of those tried were found guilty and convicted and some face lengthy prison sentences. but the legacy of the courts is fragile, the paper documents are threatened by humidity, theft, fire and insects. >> we have 1.9 million cases and

the documents are paper. we have to preserve all of the documents because the information we have is so important for the history and memory memory. >> while the archives' future remains uncertain the genocide memorial center keeps thoughts of the crime alive. it is one of dozens of sites in the country for the world. >> voting has begun in india. more than 800 million people are eligible it vote in the world's largest election. that means hrbgt torl officials -- electoral officials and observers will have their work cut out. >> over the next two months all eyes will be on the indian election commission which is organizing and monitoring what

some call the greatest show on earth. the task is massive. officers are working around the clock to ensure 850 million people exercise their right to vote. >> this is very large. this is the monitoring system and these are being compiled and we have the machines. >> since the last election five years ago 100 million new voters have joined the electorate. >> one of the biggest challenges faced by the election commission is to ensure maximum voter turnout. this is no easy task in a country where voting is not mandatory. voting awareness camps like this are organized regularly.

>> nearly 150 million voters are under 23 years of age. the commission is employing unique methods to draw them. >> there are a lot of steps for that. even by voting they will be there. >> over six weeks 11 million staff and volunteers will be deployed to ensure free and fair polls. >> the count is under which in afghanistan following elections there. more than seven million defied threats from the taliban to cast a ballot. this was far less fraudulent than 2009. there were no large scale attacks on polling areas and there were some hurt in a roadside blast in the south. ukraine's interim prime minister has accused russia of trying to

dismember his country. he spoke in a televised address to the nation as the crisis in the east of ukraine worsened. donetsk has wanted to. moscow is trying to create a repeat of the situation in crimea which was annexed by russia last month. as the unrest continues in the eastern region nato says thousands of russian troops are stationed just across the border. officials in kiev are fearful of an invasion. ukraine has deployed its own forces to patrol the region. here is a report. >> the ukraineian army unit is close to the russian border.

they told us not to say exactly where they were or show wide shots but they were in good spirits. >> the main thing our morale is high because without that you don't get anywhere. in terms of equipment, you can see. >> local residents are not so impressed. >> russia has the strongest army in the world. even stronger than nato. what is ukraine compared to that? our army hasn't got the equipment, hasn't got the new technology. >> the villagers aren't expecting an invasion. >> in crime the russians are protecting local people. putin didn't just decide he wants to take it over. they asked him to. here it is different. here all is people and quiet. >> virtually everyone living in

these border lands have family on the other side. >> you ask me to imagine war. my brother or somebody will come up there and i'm going to shoot him. that is not going to happen. up there is the border. barely three kilometers. >> the ukraine authorities have made much of their strength and border defenses but they are only at certain locations. >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is scrambling to get the middle east peace process on track after both went back on early pledges. israel refused to release a fourth group of palestinian prisoners and the palestinians have vowed to press ahead with their campaign to register dozens of u.n. agencies. washington can only spend a certain amount of time on bringing the two sides to the table according to kerry. delegates are both to meet

tonight after they held a crisis meeting last night. we have more from jerusalem with the latest. last night's talks have been described as constructive. are we looking at the last ditch attempt to get the talks back on track? >> indeed we are talking about constructive talks between the palestinians and israelis with the representative of the american government. the latest reports are that during the last meeting that actually was held today there was a kind of breakthrough and that there are now reports these talks will be extended in another two months after the date, which is the 29th of april. so, we are expected to have another two months of talks. during these talks the parties will be discussing the issue of borders, which is the most crucial issue of the borders of the palestinian state, the

palestinians demand israel recognize the 1967 borders and juvenile as its capital. during these two months they will try to reach an agreement on the borders. we also hear from palestinian reports that are coming out right now that the palestinians will be requesting the arab league to give its support for this extension of the talks for two months. so, this is where we are standing right now. i cannot confirm this, but this is what has been circulated in news outlets right now. >> all right, sammy. meanwhile, have we got any news on these two sticking points, israel's refusal to release a fourth round of prisoners and palestinians saying they will be going to u.n. agencies with or without an agreement with the israelis? do you have any more on that at all? >> it seems like on this issue they seem to be quite at odds. israel is demanding the

palestinians to withdraw or undue the 15 signatures on the 15 treaties. the palestinians say they are not willing to undo the treaties. they say the treaties are not violating previous agreements. they are saying this is just international treaties that oblige the palestinians more than they owe blank the israelis -- oblige the israelis and the israelis say under the circumstances they will not release the prisoners and will not release the last rounds of prisoners. but, as i said, there are attempts it bridge the gap and find a new formula. >> let's not forget when john kerry launched these talks the two sides had had no contact whatsoever in almost three years. the process was frozen. what is at stake if he fails to get a breakthrough? he is fighting for the two-month

extension if that is the first. >> first it is the prestige of the american foreign policy at stake. i think obama has suffered blows in the middle east foreign policy in dealing with the ukraine and a blow here on the israelis-palestinian issue will be a big blow to his prestige. what we should expect is when these talks collapse the palestinians will go ahead to over 60 various u.n. institutions and the most important of them is the icj, the international court of justice. there they want it pursue israeli leaders for war crimes. even one who is negotiating with the plans is one of them as involved in the operation in gaza and others on the political and military echelon in israel will be accused for war crimes.

israeli politicians today, right wing politicians have said we will go to the international courts and pursue palestinians and accuse them for terror acts. so, we are expecting to have an escalation on the relations between the israelis and palestinians. but probably more diplomatically we are not talking about violence but the phrpbs trying to exercise -- palestinians trying to exercise the possibilities in the united nations. >> thanks indeed, sammy. there have been unconfirmed reports that the deadline for the talks between the israelis and palestinians may have been extended by two months. let's bring you a reminder of our headlines. rwanda has been remembering the victims of the 1994 genocide. france has been accused of being partly to blame. india has 800 million people eligible to cast a ballot in their polls.

ukraine is fearful that a repeat of crimea is happening in its eastern region. pro russian forces have seized control of government buildings in three cities and in donetsk they are declaring in a people's public. those are the top stories. we will bring you up to speed with business. france's new finance minister has been in germany today saying we can pay back our debts. >> intkaeddeedindeed. that new team in charge of france's finances already word. he called for more time to bring the deficits understood criminal. it now stands at 4.3% of national output. the new treaty limit is 3% and france has been granted one two jury extension. in berlin today he stepped becomeback from asking for more time saying they will meet their budget commitment through cuts and

growth. >> >> the new government has a dilemma. forced to make unpopular spending cuts. the president has promised 50 billion your euros of savings the next three-year the new prime minister will outline where he will find them. >> the french finance minister promised tough decisions ahead. in january the french president promised budget cuts of 50 billion euros and now his

government must deliver. >> the bulk of public spending is on security on health particularly. we can do better and with less money. >> social security may see a cut of 23 billion euros. hospitals will likely be restructured and generic drugs encouraged. the sharing of local services between communities will likely be pushed. the public sector may also have its budget trimmed by 17 billion to cut cost agencies could be expected to merge and civil service table will likely see a two-year extension. unions say that is unacceptable. >> the freeze of salaries has been on for four years. there is no question of having a fifth year. it is enough. >> the prime minister is expected to announce details on cuts tuesday. one major announcement is planned for next week. >> let's look at the markets

now. we have seen a fairly dramatic selloff across the board in university the ft-si and c.a.c. both closed over 1% down. d.a.x. 1.9% down. u.s. markets are sliding. it is technique firms like twitter. dow jones down 1.7% and s&p 1.8%. a french cement manufacturer is firming to create a construction giant for a value of over 40 billion euros. both shares have soared since the deal leak eded friday. bad news for china as the world bank trims its forecast. 7.6% blaming weak exports in january and february to put pressure on the effort to balance the company if favorite

of domestic consumption. staying in china bill dates has said china's millionaires are not giving enough to good causes. the top 100 last year donated 890 million dollars between them. that is less than the amount facebook's c.e.o. gave to charity alone. gates has told an audience in singapore the chinese rich must embrace philanthropy. in 2010 gates invited 50 of their richest people to a dinner and about a third turned down the invitation. back to you, laura. >> thank uyou very much. that was the business news. no need to go trolling the internet. we have the best bits for you in web news. we will b raoeute right back. >> welcome to today's web news where well look at some stories

making the online headlines. coming up on today spanish web users campaign for a jailed rapper. new emoteity comes as animated shorts from drawing pens and elastic bands. >> spain's national court sent a spanish communist and rapper to two years in prison last week for glorifying terrorism in his music. he was accused of praising separatist groups in his videos on youtube. they say they have had a reaction. many spanish web users feel his punishment is excessive. social networks have been been saying we are all the backing of

the rapper. other shows of online report show montages demanding his immediate release saying his only crime was it write music -- was to write music. >> pablo supporters have asking fellow citizens to join the campaign for his release saying not everyone has it like his music but everyone should have the right to freedom of expression. but they say he didn't break the law and shouldn't be jailed for lyrics. >> in africa a company has launched african emotive

characters. 14 faces and a heart. they can be used by certain smart phones to illustrate fake and tweets and instagrams offering an turn to the traditional yell smiley faces. they could inspire apple who is working opbn no emo different coms. they said they are needed to have more diversity in the characters available on smart phones an tablets. they have been calling for apple to develop new faces and address the lack of minority. it has triggered a lot of talk on twitter under the emoti ethnicity hash tag which was initially triggered by miley

cyrus. a campaign for emerging diverse ity some are calling for a couple mosque and red-headed character. >> there is an screen game to give players insight into the implications implications. it is a simple walk through in which players control a faceless man in the streets on a bus having a conversation with a loved one. having conversations fade and he tries to make sense of the world hoping it can be used to detect early signs of dementia which affects millions of people world wade wide. >> to celebrate the first 12 months of the scotland twitter

feed they have decided to share some bizarre calls they have received the past year. the concerned mother whose son had his marijuana confiscated or the caller who wanted to know how long it takes the cook the christmas turkey. they urge people of scotland to think before they call. >> the new york public library has spent 15 years scanning old maps. they are now available. there were some 20,000 maps back to the 16th century available for free download. an incredible collection. it shows how the world was seen in 1631. >> this animate the short by a

french film maker is a girl named [inaudible] and was used drawing pens and elastic bands. you can check it out

m pacifica, this is democracy now! >> i wrote they should just take the high road and put out what they know. i've ever reason to believe they know more than they have indicated about who did what and what the sarin look like. >> was turkey behind last year syrian chemical weapons attack? an exposé by pulitzer prize winning journalist seymour hersh reveals u.s. intelligence feared